RE: Oct. general meeting

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Rick wrote:

> 2)  At the general meeting this week, Frank Tomko suggested that we have a
> bowl show at some of the meetings this coming club-year.  I know Portland
> has them all the time, but frankly, I don't know what one is.  I know we
> haven't had one in the two years that I've been a member of GSAS.

 * It involves picking a "theme" for the month (i.e. bettas, dwarf 
   cichlids, plants, dead fish, etc), and having members bring a small
   tank or bowl with one of their fish.  Judging proceeds same as coloring
   contest. 
 * Portland is actually talking about discontinuing theirs.
 * We had them back around 1997 or '98 for a little less than a year,
   championed by Bob Frangooles, but interest rapidly declined after the
   "newness" wore off.

> 3)  For that matter - and we'd better check this out - I just reviewed my
> email archive and I'm wondering...  Does Rusty Wessell think he's coming to
> speak to us on October 21st?  You might remember that my computer crashed
> sometime around late March/early April and I was not able to recover some
> emails, but here's what I found...

I thought everyone saw the mail that Kathy sent on Monday.  Maybe she just
sent it to Clay and Clay didn't forward it.  No, Rusty isn't coming!  His
last mail to Kathy through the Portland blockade (from MAY, not January)  
said to assume he wasn't coming.  That is why I replied to this list and
SAID he wasn't coming and that references to it should have been removed
from the minutes.

Incidentally, I also mentioned (and I beleive Kathy re-iterated in another
mail) that if you want her to work on any speakers (i.e. you reference
Paul Loiselle and Pam Chin), the board needs to ask her NOW for meetings
NEXT year.  This stuff cannot be done on a month's notice; these folks
have long-term committments, and are already filling up their dates for
next year.  It took 2 years to get Ad.  It is perhaps the middle of a
similar 2-year process with Paul Loiselle.  That nifty 2001-2002 season
was almost entirely set up during the 2000-2001 season (with the exception
of Karen Randall, who is a good friend of ours and did the last-minute
booking as a favor).  This stuff tends to never show up on the meeting 
notes or agendas, so I am bringing it up explicitly.  Again. 

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com


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